Former PM to go on trial “urgently” in July, only to see process suspended to September
Operation Marquês has been inching towards trial date for a decade Former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates will begin his trial (for corruption) in Operation Marquês on July 3, in
Government seeks to privatise 174 health centres
PCP accuses executive of “being at service of those who make money out of illness” Even in its ‘dying days’, Portugal’s minority centre-right government has been busy transforming ‘health management’
Presidential candidate dubs Portugal’s last few weeks “a complete disaster”
Everyone is to blame for political crisis, which “could and should have been avoided” No punches have been pulled by presidential candidate – and former television commentator – Luís Marques
President starts three-day official visit to Slovenia
President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, begins a three-day official visit to Slovenia today, at the invitation of his Slovenian counterpart, Nataša Pirc Musar. This will be his second
Marines head for Lithuania on NATO mission
Largest deployment of marines in 50 years A group of 170 Portuguese marines, accompanied by a five-strong medical team and two dogs, is leaving today for a NATO mission in
PJ police on trail of Brazilian diving crew that recovers cocaine attached to ships’ hulls
Crew’s leader arrested in joint police operation Portugal’s PJ police are on the trail of a diving team whose job it is to remove canisters of cocaine attached to ships’
Chinese tourist dies after being swept up by wave in Póvoa de Varzim
Two other compatriots treated for hypothermia An elderly Chinese tourist died yesterday after being swept up by a strong wave hitting Lagoa beach, in Póvoa de Varzim. The 70-year-old woman
Funds rescheduled but Sevenair still in limbo
Bragança-Portimão air link remains firmly on ground A Portuguese government cabinet resolution has rescheduled the multi-annual costs of the Bragança-Portimão air link, in order to pay compensation to operator Sevenair,
Warnings as Odeleite and Beliche dams carry out “temporary, controlled discharges”
Discharges will continue until end of ‘wet season’ The boon of so much rainfall is seeing many dams throughout the country ‘almost full’. It was so long ago, for the
Ovar auto plant to lay off 364 workers
Japanese Yazaki Saltano plant cites “current critical situation in European car industry” The Yazaki Saltano auto plant, in Ovar (Aveiro district) has announced it will be laying off 364 workers.